3.
This presentation was created using
Open Source Software
Open Office copyright is jointly held by Sun
Microsystems and Contributors.
The software is distributed under the
GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
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9.
The Future of the WWW
...and non-commercial sites such
as the Wikipedia have pioneered
new collaborate styles of
information sharing.
Tim Berners-Lee
innovation will happen
provided it has a platform of open technical standards,
a flexible, scalable architecture, and access to these
standards on royalty-free ($0 fee patent licenses) terms.
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http://dig.csail.mit.edu/2007/03/01-ushouse-future-of-the-web.html

11.
Number of Contributors by Country
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:English_Wikipedia_contributors_by_country.png
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the 11
GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation

27.
Cultural Freedom
● The freedom
– To use the work and enjoy the benefits of using it
– To study the work and to apply knowledge
acquired from it
– To make and redistribute copies, in whole or in
part, of the information or expression
– To make changes and improvements, and to
distribute derivative works
● These freedoms should be available
to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
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http://freedomdefined.org/Definition

36.
Wikinews
● Free content news source Wiki
● Every story is written as a News reports
(as opposed to an Article in the Wikipedia)
● Neutral Point of View Policy
● Started on December 2004
● By September 2007 it has 10,000 news articles
● Beyond Texts: Audio, Video
● Credibility Question
– (but you can trust cable news... isn't it ?)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinews

37.
Wiktionary
● Free content Dictionary
● Available in 150 Languages
● Written collaboratively by Volunteers
● Wikisaurus (synonyms)
● Started on December 2002
● November 2006
– 1.7 Million entries in 171 languges
● Many of the entries are created by “bots”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary

42.
Wikibooks
● Collection of Free Textbooks
● Books directly written by contributors
● Self-publishing
● Started on July 2003
● Content available for continuous peer-review
● Anybody can edit them an improve them
● English version has 30,100 Modules
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